Tuesday, September 17, 2013

FAIRFIELD, Iowa, September 17, 2013 — Managed futures lost 0.68% in August according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is down 2.41% year to date.

“Many CTAs were long equity indices and got hurt in August as fears of military intervention in Syria and uncertainty over Fed tapering had a negative impact on prices,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.

Monday, September 16, 2013

FAIRFIELD, Iowa, September 16, 2013 — Hedge funds lost 0.54% in August, according to the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index has a positive return of 5.22% year to date.

“Uncertainty over the Fed’s tapering timeline and possible US military intervention in Syria were primary drivers of an August global equities sell-off,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge. “The MSCI World Index was down 2.1 percent at month-end.”

Thursday, September 12, 2013

TrimTabs and BarclayHedge Report Hedge Fund Investors Take in $8.2 Billion in July

New York, NY — September 12, 2013 — BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that the hedge fund industry took in a net $8.2 billion (0.4% of assets) in July, reversing an $8.9 billion outflow in June, according to estimates based on data from 3,327 funds.

"July’s volume was well off the blazing pace set in May, when the industry took in a net $18.8 billion, the largest inflow in the past 2-1/2 years, ”said Sol Waksman, president and founder of BarclayHedge. “Nevertheless, industry assets climbed to a five-year high of $1.97 trillion in July.”

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

China Cotton Stockpiling: Not a Long Term Solution

China’s stockpiling of cotton has much of the cotton industry scratching their heads at what the future is for the world cotton situation. China now holds about 60% of the world inventory and is expected to increase that level modestly in the 2013/14 crop year. In “China Cotton Stockpiling: Not a Long Term Solution,” Kip Butts, Senior Cotton Analyst at Informa Economics, Inc. examines factors that brought the world stock situation to its current state and what will drive the market in the future.

From the September 2013 issue of Barclay's Insider Report. Accredited investors can subscribe to the full newsletter for free.

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July 2013 Hedge Fund and CTA Performance

The Barclay Hedge Fund Index now has gains in six out of seven months in 2013, and is up 5.75% year to date. Overall, 17 of Barclay’s 18 hedge fund strategies were up in July. The average return for the 2,703 hedge funds (ex. FoFs) that have so far reported a July return is +1.67%. The estimates for August, along with the number of funds reporting for each of our 18 sectors can be found at the link below. These indices are being continually updated as current returns for the underlying hedge funds are recorded into our system. As of this writing, 9 of 18 hedge fund sectors are showing positive returns for August.

Commodity Trading Advisor performance for July as measured by the Barclay CTA Index averaged -0.70%. August's estimate based on the performance of the Barclay BTOP50 Index is -1.24%.

Friday, September 6, 2013

The topical study from the September 2013 issue of The Hedge Fund Flow Report. Gain insight into industry trends and hedge fund asset flows before you make your next important decision.

With the S&P 500 selling off in the opening weeks of August, hedge fund managers have grown notably
more bearish over the past month, according to our latest monthly survey. While nearly half of the managers
are bearish on US Treasuries amid persistent anxiety over Federal Reserve policy, a similar proportion is
bullish on the US dollar, perhaps anticipating a flight to safety if equities keep sliding.

Here are the complete results of the TrimTabs/BarclayHedge August Hedge Fund Sentiment Survey:

S&P 500: Hedge fund managers are notably more bearish on the S&P 500 Index than they were in July;
they’re also less bullish. Our survey finds 38.7% are bearish on the S&P for the next 30 days, up 18.7
percentage points from last month, while 29.3% are bullish, down 11.7 points from July.....

The Hedge Fund Flow Report combines the accuracy of the BarclayHedge database with the analytical insight of TrimTabs Investment Research. The report is generated by TrimTabs Investment Research using the most current data on thousands of hedge funds. An annual subscription includes 12 monthly updates as well as a spreadsheet containing historical flow aggregates by category. To download a free sample of the entire TrimTabs Hedge Fund Flow Report, simply fill out this short request form.